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Locality Name:
Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh, Kyrgyzstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 273.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 267

mindat Locality ID: 23003
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23003.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh, Kyrgyzstan": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Abshir Sb Deposit
Alik Sb Deposit
Chauvai (Chauvay) Sb-Hg Deposit
Chauvai Sb-Hg Deposit (Chauvay)
Chon-Koi Hg Deposit
Fergana Valley
Sokh Valley

Latitude: 40°7'38"N
Longitude: 71°42'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.127222222222,71.713611111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be C Ca Cd Cl Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Sr Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteAstrophyllite
BaotiteBaratoviteBaryteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeEnargiteFeldsparFluoriteGalkhaiteGeocroniteGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteKlebelsbergite
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupNowackiiteOrpimentPyritePyrochlore
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteSteacyite
StibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTridymiteTyroliteWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

114 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aktashite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Alunite  (*)
Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bafertisite  (*)Baotite  (*)Baratovite  (*)Barylite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Byzantievite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chursinite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Corderoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eglestonite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galkhaite  (*)Gearksutite  (*)Geocronite  (*)
Getchellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gruzdevite  (*)
Guettardite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)
Hypercinnabar  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Klebelsbergite  (*)
Kolovratite  (*)Kuznetsovite  (*)Laffittite  (*)Livingstonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Metastibnite  (*)Microcline  (*)Miserite  (*)Montroydite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natroalunite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Plagionite  (*)
Poyarkovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Shakhovite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strelkinite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Terlinguaite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)
Thorutite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Turkestanite  (*)
Tvalchrelidzeite  (*)Twinnite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Velikite  (*)
Wakabayashilite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6277928,779301022
Aktashite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3As4S12273.426717791422
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)277928,779308803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O273.4267177914470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6273.4267177914966
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb273.4267277914,77922363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)273.4267277914,779223250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs273.4267177914379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS273.42671779149052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F177930161
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2273.42671779145509
Bafertisite  (*)NoneBa2Fe2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F217793016
Baotite  (*)BaotiteBa4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl17793027
Baratovite  (*)BaratoviteKLi3Ca7Ti2(SiO3)12F21779283
Barylite  (*)NoneBaBe2Si2O717793033
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)273.4267377914,77922,7793411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4273.42671779145516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11273.4267177914843
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6177934248
Byzantievite  (*)Not in a structural groupBa5(Ca,REE,Y)22(Ti,Nb)18(SiO4)4[(PO4),(SiO4)]4(BO3)9O22[(OH),F]43(H2O)1.51779302
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)273.4267577914,77915,77919,77922,7793427770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl273.426717791491
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21779235171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)273.42671779141252
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4273.4267277914,77922352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2273.4267277914,7792227198
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)273.426717791431
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O273.42671779143531
Chursinite  (*)NoneHg1+Hg2+(AsO4)273.42671779144
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS273.4267277914,779222600
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)273.4267177914363
Copper  (*)CopperCu273.42671779143846
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl2273.426717791416
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS273.42671779144165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O273.42671779142970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4273.4267277914,77922651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2273.4267277914,779229895
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)273.426717791436
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4273.4267177914910
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1779302740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2273.4267677912,77914,77917,77922,77930,779349617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS273.4267377914,77922,7793424243
Galkhaite  (*)Galkhaite Tetrahedrite(Hg5Cu)CsAs4S12273.426717791413
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O273.426717791468
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23273.4267177914133
Getchellite  (*)NoneSbAsS3273.4267277914,7791919
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)273.4267277914,779227437
Gold  (*)CopperAu273.4267277914,7792330554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS273.4267177914717
Gruzdevite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3Sb4S12273.42671779145
Guettardite  (*)SartoritePbSbAsS4273.426717791413
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O273.4267277914,779226890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O273.4267177914409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3273.426717791414640
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S19273.426717791438
Hypercinnabar  (*)NoneHgS273.42671779144
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14273.4267177914784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6273.42671779142228
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2273.4267277914,77922230
Klebelsbergite  (*)KlebelsbergiteSb3+4O4(SO4)(OH)2273.426717791416
Kolovratite  (*)None(Ni,Zn)x(VO4)·nH2O1779253
Kuznetsovite  (*)NoneHg1+2Hg2+(AsO4)Cl273.42671779144
Laffittite  (*)RocksaltAgHgAsS3273.42671779145
Livingstonite  (*)NoneHgSb4S6(S)2273.426717791424
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4273.4267377912,77914,7792214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2273.426717791412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2273.4267277914,779225674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O273.4267277914,77922915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg273.4267177914397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS273.4267177914255
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3273.4267277914,7792287
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1779344924
Miserite  (*)NoneK1.5-x(Ca,Y,REE)5[Si6O15][Si2O7](OH,F)2·yH2O17792814
Montroydite  (*)NoneHgO273.426717791429
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2273.4267377914,77922,7793417380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6273.4267177914128
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)277930,77934884
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)273.4267177914492
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3273.4267277914,77922511
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17273.4267177914100
Poyarkovite  (*)NoneHg3OCl273.42671779145
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2273.4267277914,7792239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2273.42671779143106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2273.4267877912,77914,77915,77922,77923,77924,77928,7793061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS273.4267277914,77922712
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)273.4267277914,779234894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O273.42671779141153
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3273.4267277914,77922179
Shakhovite  (*)NoneHg1+4Sb5+O3(OH)3273.42671779148
Silver  (*)CopperAg273.42671779145186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS273.4267277914,7792221482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4273.4267177914668
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)273.4267277914,77922446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3273.4267577910,77914,77917,77922,779243418
Strelkinite  (*)NoneNa2(UO2)2(VO4)2·6H2O1779198
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS273.42671779142045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13273.42671779141803
Terlinguaite  (*)NoneHg2OCl273.426717791422
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13273.42671779145317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1779341006
Thorutite  (*)Brannerite(Th,U,Ca)Ti2(O,OH)617793410
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1779304899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2273.42671779141476
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4273.426717791466
Turkestanite  (*)Steacyite(K,   )(Ca,Na)2ThSi8O20·nH2O1779309
Tvalchrelidzeite  (*)NoneHg3SbAsS3273.42671779146
Twinnite  (*)SartoritePbSbAsS4273.426717791416
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O273.4267177914245
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3273.4267277914,77922369
Velikite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2HgSnS4273.42671779145
Wakabayashilite  (*)None(As,Sb)6As4S14273.426717791416
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS273.4267177914372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42273.4267177914228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)277930,779345251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00042273.4267 Ar-Ar     AktashiteHg5489Chauvai (Chauvay) Sb-Hg Deposit, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh, Kyrgyzstan Pirajno et al. (2009); Dobretsov et al. (2010)   

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